Wednesday, March 12, 2014

EVENT: A Night with Alison Bechdel



If you missed seeing her at the NZ Festival Writers Week, you're in luck - as Alison Bechdel will be making one Auckland appearance, brought to you by the Auckland Women's Centre in association with the NZ Festival Writers Week. Bechdel is best known for the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and her two acclaimed memoirs Fun Home and Are You My Mother?

Taking place on Sunday, 16th of March at 7pm at the Freeman's Bay Community Centre, Bechdel will be in conversation with Carole Beu, giving insight into her work and discussing the issues surrounding gender and sexual identity that are explored prominently throughout her books.

Tickets are $25, available from The Women's Bookshop (09 376 4399) 105 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, and the Auckland Women's Centre (09 3763227), 4 Warnock Street, Grey Lynn. They are selling fast, so make sure secure your tickets now!

- AK!

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